Windley has been released mate with the whole u19s thing

Is this releasing of players 19 and over a whole SL thing, or just the Bulls.
Did we have any in the U20's or whatever it was really capable of stepping up?

Luke is English. I have heard nothing about an player coming in. Last rumour i heard was Gale to Castleford. Fielden back to the Bulls seems like something that could happen.

Not finishing bottom looks like the goal for 2013.

I was told Leeds have released all players over 19 without a squad number. There's only a u19 comp next year if i remember right.

Whole of super league. I'm not sure how many over age can play though. If you're not good enough to sign full-time by 19 then you're out...Shocking

Yes, although as a game we have to cut our cloth accordingly.

Curt better get signed up to 19's. Best young fullback at the club tbh. He'll be the sucessor to Kearney I rekon.

Just for the avoidance of doubt - Luke Gale isn't going anywhere.

Omar and Gerry see him as the key pivot to build the side around and also realise that we have a distinct lack of British Super League quality halves to adequately replace, compensate the team with.

Hope that remains the case!

What's the point of not registering Purtell? If we use his quota spot on someone else we won't be able to play him unless we deregister/release another overseas player mid season.

Omar and Gerry may have this opinion, but he can leave ala Koppy.

I hope you make the above comments, as a result of talking to Gale, not OK?

Priorities should be:

New Coach!
New deals for Nas/Addy/Donaldson/McAvoy/Ainscough
Contract extension for Bateman
Sort out the mess with Koppy one way or another
New Prop(s) - new deal for Joseph as a last resort

Only had 2 weeks to decide not to stick with bradford, which is up today, unless he is now sold he cant just sign elsewhere.

We should just pillage Wakefield. Just to annoy them.

(except Sykes of course)

Is there even anything to pillage at Wakefield?

Hmm:

Kearney
Kear
Platt
Lulia
Ainscough - NEW DEAL

Sammut - NEW DEAL
Gale

Scruton
L'Estrange
Langley
Olbison
Whitehead
Bateman - EXTEND CONTRACT

Diskin - [iRetireing at the End of 2013 I believe.[/i
Manuokafoa - NEW DEAL
Donaldson - NEW DEAL
Walker - NEW DEAL

With these in back up:

*New Signing* - [iHopefully Stuart Fielden[/i
Addy
O'Brien
McAvoy
Murphy
Pryce
Joseph
Purtell - [iDon't register him until we know if he can play or not.[/i

Hopefully one or 2 more signings. If Fielden signs then he would go into starting 13 in place of Scruton.

I understand that but if any of the players have/are intending on leaving via the Koppy route, us fans won't realise/find out until next week at the earliest. Who's to say, he hasn't already served notice, or will serve notice at some point today?

Now that our SL status has been approved, I would feel 'warmer' if some of the young players come out and confirm they are here for 2013.

Good point. The only thing Wakefield has is <=#FF0000going too far there>, a couple of hundred thick and bitter RL fans and one braincell to share between the entire population.

Steady on Eddie!

Apologies. Still, nice to know Wakey fans are open season.

At the risk or the wrath of the board,

regardless of his contract if we are going to lose sammut, lost jefferies, could Sykes be an otion for stand off for us he has single handedly won games for wakey as soon as someone put a bit of faith in him?

Im prepared for the

TBH, id rather he took the option to leave, big wage off the salary cap and all that.

We can't keep all three. Purtell is already under contract so unless he's forced to retire we have to keep him. RFL aren't going to let us not register him then deregister someone else midseason otherwise all clubs would start having players not registered in restive to cover injuries. So looks like well have to choose between manukafoa and sammut. No disrespect to sammut but think manukafoa is a must keep given all props we've lost. Think sammuts a bitvof a luxury player that we can't make best use of at the moment.

Agree with that. I like Sammut and he does provide that 'X-Factor' in attack, but we definitely need props. Also Manuofakoa has repeatedly said he loves it here and seem desperate to stay, which is always good.

If it turns out that Purtell has to quit, and I think we're due that decision anytime, then maybe we can keep Sammut. Or would be quota spot be better on another prop?

Sorry to be a pessimist but will the non contracted players really sign up when they
Are offered peanuts? If we can't shift the big earners then we are going to be left with no Money to buy players. To suggest signing walker, ainscough, Joseph we really must be desperate and scraping the from the barrel.
Khan is skint and with less Sky money I fear we are finished. Potter was offered 50% less this year! So unless your going to wheelbarrow platty, Sykes, Scruton out of the club then we really are looking at getting the wooden spoon next season.

Let's invite worrincey and sheriffe back if we are going to be getting dead wood to play for bulls